Mobile tools for protests: As Occupy Wall Street demonstrations spread to cities across the U.S., protesters, bystanders and interested people almost everywhere are using mobile devices to share and follow events on the ground.
As Occupy Wall Street demonstrations spread to cities across the U.S., protesters, bystanders and interested people almost everywhere are using mobile devices to share and follow events on the ground.
How have mobile organizing tools evolved over the past few years, and where might they go from here?
Media technologist Deanna Zandt (author of "Share This! How You Will Change the World with Social Networking") attended the protests In New York's Zucotti Park last week. This led her to reflect on her experience at the 2004 Republican National Convention protests in New York.
"2004 was well before Facebook and Twitter. The tools we had were great for mobile communication among protesters and organizers, or for uploading media to places like Flickr, where you hoped people might see it. But you could go to another part of the city where no protests were happening, and people there would have no idea that anything was going on," she said.
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How have mobile organizing tools evolved over the past few years, and where might they go from here?
Media technologist Deanna Zandt (author of "Share This! How You Will Change the World with Social Networking") attended the protests In New York's Zucotti Park last week. This led her to reflect on her experience at the 2004 Republican National Convention protests in New York.
"2004 was well before Facebook and Twitter. The tools we had were great for mobile communication among protesters and organizers, or for uploading media to places like Flickr, where you hoped people might see it. But you could go to another part of the city where no protests were happening, and people there would have no idea that anything was going on," she said.
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